F1 Hungary Grand Prix: Christian Horner’s unusual answer to “are you being handed this championship?”

Christian Horner initially struggled to answer when asked if Red Bull were being handed the F1 championship by Ferrari's errors.
Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing Team Principal in the FIA Press Conference. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 13,
Christian Horner (GBR) Red Bull Racing Team Principal in the FIA Press Conference. Formula 1…

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen extended his lead in the 2022 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:standings to 80 points, ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, after storming to victory at the F1 Hungarian Gr﷽and P🦹rix.

Verstappen started 🐟in 10thᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ but took advantage after Leclerc, who was leading, lost pace after switching to hard tyres.

Verstappen, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell (the podium trio) expre✱ssed their shock in the cooldown room that Leclerc was using hಌards.

Red Bull team principal Horner was asked on ღthe Sky Sports bꦺroadcast: “Are you being handed this championship?”

He searched for his words before joki🎃ng: “Are we live?”

Horner then said: “I 🍒can only focus on our performance.

“We did a great 𓆏job today. We switched our strategy."

Horner: "We have got a chance now" with Leclerc on hard tyres

The podium (L to R): Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1, second; Max Verstappen (NLD) Red Bull Racing, race winner; George
The podium (L to R): Lewis Hamilton (GBR) Mercedes AMG F1, second; Max Verstappen (NLD) Red…

“We were due to start on the hard tyres," Horner said. "We switched it on the grid to deal 💖with the ambient conditions.

“The soft tyre went much further than we thought. At that point, we committed to a 🐈two-stop🧔.

“As soon as we saw Charles go onto the♔ hard tyres, we thought ‘we have got a chance now’.

“[Sergio Perez] was fantastic on a different strategy. ꦜHe allowed Max to get onto the back of Charles,꧅ to make the pass."

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